Artist of the week

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Deptford Goth

There
are nights where I am completely alone. My cat is usually asleep
across the other side of the room. I find it hard to switch off. I
find this the best time to listen to music. Sometimes I feel as
though there are a million other people with me. There’s this
feeling of inclusiveness. That there are other people who think the
same way, probably doing very similar things to me. I get this when I
listen to Deptford Goth.
In particular his track ‘Union’

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“I
belong with everyone, everyone I've ever known

I belong
with everyone, everyone I've ever known is here,

With
me.”

I’m
certain that this really isn’t the message of DG. But what I often
see with beautifully sad music, is a community of appreciation. There
are those other people who recognise the beauty, no matter how
depressing. And it’s this that fills me with warmth.

This
might sound bleak,. Most people would dismiss it as depressing, but
how can music so beautiful be truly depressing? It makes me happy
that people can produce things like this. And I’m
not alone in thinking this. The people who make the music and the
people who listen often feel the same. Isn’t that a nice thing to
be part of? Jeremy Arblaster aka Secret Diaries